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Reach Out To Primary Care. Development of an Outreach Library Service for Primary Care Staff in Oxfordshire. Oxfordshire Primary Care. 5 Primary Care Trusts PCTs employ circa 2,200 staff Podiatrists, GPs, Occupational Therapists, Dietitians, Community Nurses, etc. 87 General Practices
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Reach Out To Primary Care Development of an Outreach Library Service for Primary Care Staff in Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire Primary Care • 5 Primary Care Trusts • PCTs employ circa 2,200 staff • Podiatrists, GPs, Occupational Therapists, Dietitians, Community Nurses, etc. • 87 General Practices • 6 community hospitals
Library Services in Oxfordshire • Local Health Care Libraries • University of Oxford Health Care Libraries • Horton Hospital, Banbury • National Strategy • Local Implementation Strategy
Aims of the Outreach Service “To improve the ability of practice and community staff to access networked information resources available to them, and to act as a named library first point of contact for PCT staff, and act as a gateway to other library staff and services.”
Outreach Activities • Training • Training pack • Basic Health on the Internet • Advanced Health Information on the Internet • Search Skills Training • Using Library Services • Full Text Health Information on the Internet • Ten Minute Training • Tailor made sessions • Awareness • Cold calling • Primary Focus • Conference/meeting attendance
Issues Raised • Recognition • Isolation • DLNet • Cyber-cafe • Thames Valley Outreach Librarians Group • Time • Literature searching • Ten Minute Training
Evaluation • Internal • Post-training evaluation form • Statistics • External • School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield
Lessons Learnt • Lack of IT skills - ECDL training • Insufficient time - Ten Minute Training • Training is not a priority - Primary Focus • Overwhelming - Short, concise handouts
Conclusion The future lies with primary care staff and their health information needs.
Further Information Miss Caroline Papi MA DipLIS MCLIPcarolinepapi@hotmail.com University of Health Care Librariespcenquiries@cairns-library.ox.ac.uk Primary Focus bulletin http://www.medicine.ox.ac.uk/cairns/PrimaryCare/Enquiries/PrimaryFocus.htm Health Libraries in Oxfordshirehttp://www.oxfordshire.nhs.uk/libraries/